Examining the Effects of Boot Camps

Examining the Effects of Boot Camps

Introduction

United State was the first to introduce boot campus in 1983. Since it establishment, rapid progress has been observed first within adult systems and afterwards in juvenile corrections. A rigorous daily schedule of activities is designed for the participants of boot camps. These activities include physical training, drill and ceremony. There are strict punishments for the participants who misbehave in the premises of boots camps. They are usually punished to perform physical activities like pushups. There are different programs offered to the participants including cognitive skills, drug treatment, academic education, hard labor and physical training.

Discussion

Juvenile camps seems to be much similar to adult camps, but in Juvenile camps more influenced is placed on therapeutic and education elements (like counseling) varying from disciplined physical activities. Boot camps differ in a number of ways as by definition they share that militaristic component which is considered as one of the common features, the reviewers looked for (Aloisi and LeBaron, 2001).

Boot camps actually refer to the disciplinary institutions in which young criminals are placed and they are guided, educated and trained on order to reduce their risk of being criminals and make them productive and fruitful for the society. These young criminals are trained under militaristic conditions that are very strict. This effective method is mostly implemented in USA but there are also many other countries that have adopted it in order to reduce crimes from their societies. However, it is found by a new international Campbell Review of the best research findings that this method has not shown a positive effect on young and adult offenders in reducing criminal behavior instead there are other traditional forms of correctional practice that are observed to be very effective (Bottcher and Ezell, 2004).

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